Corn-popper.



No. 875.483. PATENTED DEC. .31, 1907. G. B. & J. H. YOUNG.

CORN POPPER.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 20,1907

2 SHEETSSHEET l.

ATTOHNEYjr No. 875,483. PATENTBD DEC. 31, 1907. G. B. & J. H. YOUNG.

CORN POPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 20,1907.

2SHEETS-SHEET 2.

ATTORNEYS wise preparing UNITED STATES PA ENT o FroE.

GEORGE B. YOUNG AND JOSEPH H. YOUNG, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

CORN-POPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20. 1907- Serial No. 384.693.

Patented Dec. 3 1 1 907 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. YOUNG and JOSEPH H. YOUNG, both citizensof the United States, and residents of El Paso, in the county of El Pasoand State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Corn- Popper, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to corn peppers, and embodies improvements uponthe corn opper of our invention disclosed in the United States PatentsNos. 858,317 and 858,318. v

The invention is particularly useful for popping, saltin and butteri'ngcorn, but is equally applicable to, and can be used advantageously in,roasting peanuts, chestnuts and the like, and for cooking or otherfoodproducts by the application of heat.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong and durabledevice for cooking, roasting and otherwise preparing food products bythe application of heat, preferably supplied from an electrical source,and having means for agitating the material undergoing preparation.

A further ob'ect of the invention is to provide a device of the classdescribed having an electric heating coil suitably constructed todistribute the heat uniformly under the pan, and having anagitator'removably arranged within the pan for working the materialundergoing preparation, to prevent the burning or scorching of the same.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts tobe more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a tion, inwhich similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views, and in which Figure 1 is an elevation of our inventionshowing certainparts in different positions in dotted outline; Fig. 2 isa section. on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section on theline 33 of Fig. 2 showing a part of the device broken away.

Before proceeding to a more detailed ex planation of our invention itshould be understood that while we prefer to employ an electrical sourceof heat the device can be heated by any other preferred or common.means.

part of this specificaw and the like, is stationary, and the material isagitated by an adjustable device which prevents the burning of thematerial. The agitator comprises a r tatable shaft having arms whichmove within the pan and continually work the material. means for raisingthe agitating device to an inoperative position without the pan, and forholding the same in the inoperative p0sition. At the same time the coverof the pan is lifted from the same, leaving the contents of the panavailable for examination and re moval.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a base of anysuitable material and adapted to carry the pan upon. a table or othersuitable support. The base has a substantially central opening 2therethrough, in which is mounted a block 3, held in position by aperipheral flange 4 at the lower edge of the opening 2. At the upperface of the block 2-; is arranged an insulating plate 5. 'lhreaded stems6. of electrically conductive material such as copper, are arranged incorrespondingly threaded openings of the block 3, and have nuts 7 andheads 8 at the ends projecting from the under side of the block. Thestems 6 constitute binding posts for connecting the device with a sourceof electricity by means of conductors 9 of conventional type. y

A base plate 10 having an annular peripheral flange 11, is mounted uponthe base 1 within an upwardly extending rim 1 of the base, and carriesthe pan 12, the lower edge of which is arranged between the flange 11and the rim 1. The rim 1 has recesses 1 for engaging projections 12 ofthe pan, to hold the latter firmly upon the base. The bottom 13 of thepan -1S spaced above lower edge thereof, so that a chamber 14 is formedbetween the bottom of the pan and the base. plate 10. The base plate 10and the bottom 13 have registering central bosses 15 and 16,respectively, secured together by means of a screw 17, thereby firmlymounting the pan upon the base. The base plate 10 carries insulatingsheets 18 and 19, having suitable openings toreceive the boss 15. Asimilar insulating plate 20 is arranged at the '0 provide 7 the athrough in under side of'the bottom 13, and presents a central openingto receive the boss 16.

coil support 21, is located in the heating chamber 14 around the bosses15 and 16, and is formed preferably of a non-conducting material. Thecoil support has openings thereing screws 23 of electrically conductivematerial and with the heads located in openings of the plate 5. Thearrangement is such that the screws 23 contact with the stems 6 therebyacting as conductors for the electric current from the source of supply.

A heating coil comprising an annular core 24 and coils 25 woundthereupon, is arranged .within the chamber 14 around the coil support21. The ends of the coils pass through suitable openings in the coilsupport to the respective plugs 22, within which they contact with thescrews 23. In this manner the electric current is led from the supply tothe heating coil.

The pan is provided with a cover 26 having lids 27 mounted thereupon bymeans of hinges 28. A substantially vertical shaft 29 is arranged overthe pan and passes through a suitable collar 30 of the cover. The shaft29 is slidably arranged in sleeves 30 mounted by meansof flanges 31 andscrews 32 upon a support 33. Near the upper end the shaft has a rigidbevel gear 34 adapted to mesh with a gear 35 carried by a power shaft36. The latter may be driven by any suitable means. Beyond the bevelgear 34 the shaft carries a weight 37, normally forcing the shaftdownward and holding the gears34 and 35 in operative engagement. At theedge, the lower sleeve senting a laterally disposed part 39 and adaptedto receive a projection 40 of the shaft.

At the lower edge the shaft has a head 41, rigidly mounted thereupon bymeans of a set screw 42, and provided with laterally extending stirringor agitating arms 43, which serve to work material within the pan whenthe shaft 29 is driven by means of the driving shaft 36.

The pan has a handle 44 by means of which it can be easily manipulated.When it is desired to examine material undergoing preparation in thepan, it can be inspected by raising one of the lids 27. To permit theremoval of the material from the pan, the

cover and the agitating device can be displaced by sliding the shaft 29upwardly in the sleeves until the projection 40 engages the recess 38 ofthe lower sleeve. When the rojection is seated within the recess, aslight l ateral movement will bring the projection into a positionwithin the laterally disposed art 39 of the recess, whereby the shaft iseld in the elevated position. When the shaft is in this position,thecover and the agitator are located above the pan and the contents of30'' has a recess 38 prewhich are arranged plugs 22, hav- 1 supply, and

latter is in position within said pan, and being inoperative withrespect to said agitator when the same is displaced from said pan.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a base, abase-plate on said base, apan arranged upon,said base-plate and having arim located between said base and said base-plate, said pan having abottom remote from said base-plate, insulators between said bottom andsaid base-plate and adjacent thereto respectively, means for rigidlyconnecting said base-plate and said bottom, a coil support between saidbase-plate and said bottom, a heating coil around said coil sup )ort andhaving the ends of the coil carried i said coil support, and means forelectrically connecting the ends of said coil with a source ofelectrical supply.

3. In a device of the class described, in combination, a base having arim, a base plate on said base and presenting a flange, a pan mountedupon said base plate between said rim and said flange, said pan having abottom remote from said base plate, insulators betweensaid bottom andsaid base plate and adjacent thereto res ectively, means for rigidlyconneetingsaid hase plate and-said bottom, a coil support between saidbase plate and said bottom, a heating coil around said coil su port andhaving the ends of the coil carrie by said coil su port, binding postscarried by said base anrl ada ted to be connected with a suitable source0 electrical means for electrically connecting said binding posts andthe ends of said coil.

4. In a-device of the class described, in combination, a base, a anmounted upon said base, means for heating said pan, a shaft havingstirring arms, means for movably mounting said shaft whereby saidstirring arms are arranged within said pan when said shaft is in adepressed position, means for operatively connecting said shaft withdriving means when said shaft is in a depressed position, whereby saidshaft is not operated when the same is elevated, means for holding saidshaft in an elevated position, and a cover for said pan and controlledby said shaft.

5. In a device of the class described, in combination, a pan, means forheating said pan, a shaft having stirring arms,

eing movable toward and away from said an, a driving shaft, said shaftin one position being operatively connected with said driving shaft,means for holding said shaft in an inoperative position, and a cover forsaid pan carried by said shaft.

combination, a base,

a pan mounted upon said base, means for heating said pan, a

' slee v'e, a shaft in said sleeve and having stirsleeve, a shaft ringarnis, said shaft being movable toward and away from said pan, a drivingshaft, said shaft in one position being operatively connected with saiddrivingshaft, means ,on said sleeve for holding saidshaft in aninoperative position, and a cover for said pan carried by s'aid'shaft. Y

7. In a device of the class described, in combination, "a base, a panmounted upon said base, means for heating said pan,a

in said sleeve and having stir-E &

ring arms, said shaft being movable-toward and away from said pan, adriving shaft, said 20 shaft and said driving shaft having gears adaptedto'niesh when said shaft is in a depressed position, said gears beinginoperatively-disposed relative to one another when said shaft isin. anelevated'position, means on 25 said sleeve for holding said shaft in anelevated position, and a cover for said pan carried by said shaft andmovable therewith.

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of 30 two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE B. YOUNG.

JOSEPH H. YOUNG.

Witnesses I C. S. PIGKRELL, -VV. S. SMALLWooD.

